Why do people talk about christ when he didnt exist?

Answer 1

You have been misinformed.

Answer 2

Christ / god is not a person, it is the energy in the universe and everything. Its what holds the universe together, without this unknown energy everything would fall apart.
When Jesus was born it was this energy taking a human form to educate us and to teach us to be loving and good.
And look how we repayed it. By nailing him to a cross.
All the war and violence in the world is our fault because we didnt listen. Stupid Humans!!

Answer 3

Jesus did exist. There are many historical accounts if him being alive. But Jesus was just some freak who thought god was his dad and that his mother was a virgin. The truth is he was an excellent preacher of a myth, his mother was a sl_t, and his father was a simpleton.

Answer 4

This comes up time and time again. There is more historical evidence (and I don't mean the bible) for the life of Jesus of Nazerath than there is for the life of Julius Ceasar, but no-one seems to doubt that Ceasar existed...You don't have to believe he was anything other than a normal bloke, but he was a real person.

Answer 5

Hate to break it to you but it has been proved that he existed. The question is: was he the son of God? Well as he rose again and was seen by hundreds of people he is the son of God.

Answer 6

Jeff you can deny Jesus Christ, however that does not change the fact that He exists.

If you will do your research (before posting) you would see that the Romans kept meticulous records.

You will find that Jesus Christ of Nazareth in fact walked this earth, paid taxes, made some Rabbi's very angry and died on the cross. To deny this is to deny history.

You my dear can not re-write history. You can not change the facts even when you are in denial.

Answer 7

You are a figment of my imagination! Of course Christ existed! there's more written about Him than about Julius Caesar!

Answer 8

There was a Jewish historian around at the time called Josephus, he was a Roman citizen. He wrote about Jesus in his chronicles.

Answer 9

Contrary to ALL answers on here, who is to prove or DISPROVE any story.
By the way, the bible is ONLY a set of stories NOT reality.
But who can prove that theory also.

Answer 10

That is just SO offensive. Even I- who don't believe in all the rubbish about miracles- Even I believe that there WAS a guy called Jesus, and that his teachings set the world on fire.

That is a deeply offensive question, by the way. But of course, no doubt that was your intention. To offend.

Answer 11

Reasons
People become atheistic for many reasons. A popular misconception among theists is that we have some terrible experience (lose a loved one, for example) and ask "How can I believe in a God that allows this to happen?", or start to hate God for allowing it to happen. It should be noted that in order to hate God, you actually have to believe in Him. People who claim to hate God (for whatever reason) are not, by definition, atheists. An atheist may hate a religion, or hate what people do in the name of a God, but an atheist cannot hate something that she does not believe in (it would be like hating dragons for eating princesses).

Another misconception is that people choose to become atheists. It's as though we say to ourselves, "Well, I really do believe in God, but I'm just going to pretend I don't believe.". Atheism is not a choice - you don't wake up one morning, flip a coin, and declare yourself to be atheist. It is not a teenage fad, nor is it a rebellious act (although some people are driven to atheism by constant preaching - see below). It is not an arbitrary decision - "What shall I have for breakfast today? Erm... toast. What colour carpet should we choose this year? Erm... green. What god should I believe in? Erm... none." - it doesn't work like that.

The idea that atheism is some sort of rebellion is a common one, but also quite absurd. I often receive emails saying that I'm rebelling because I don't like the idea of "something bigger than me", or I don't want to be accountable to a higher power, and so on. If that was the case, then I would not be an atheist, because I would still believe in the God I was trying to get away from! I do not merely say I am an atheist in order to make life easier for myself - I actually am an atheist. I do not believe in the gods of the Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians and all the rest. If I was just rebelling, then surely I would know that God would still be there, waiting for me when I die. The accusation of rebellion seems to come from theists who are simply unable to accept the fact that there are hundreds of millions of people in the world who just do not believe in their god, or anyone else's. The idea that "everyone believes in something" is so deeply ingrained in their psyche, and their own belief is so deeply held and important to them, that the only way they can deal with non-belief is to deny that it actually exists (or they start saying that atheism is itself a religion). It's funny, but I've never heard of a Christian saying to a Hindu "Ah, but you really do believe in Jesus Christ, you're just in denial. When are you going to stop pretending? All this worship of Vishnu is just rebelling against what you know in your heart is true!"

People do not choose atheism - they realise that they have lost their faith and have therefore become atheist (some even fight against it, and it can be traumatic to lose your faith if that faith has been a major part of your life). One of the common reasons for this is that people simply realise that (for themselves, at least) better, more complete and coherent explanations about Life, The Universe And Everything can be found outside of religion - the universe just makes a lot more sense without any sort of God involved. We see no evidence of a Creator in cosmology or biology (which covers just about everything); nothing is known to exist or happen for which the only possible explanation is Divine Intervention. Many, if not all, of the answers given by religions range from vague and ambiguous, through incoherent and contradictory (unless you just have "faith" that they are correct), down to ad-hoc explanations which cannot be tested (or are easily refuted and demonstrably false pseudo-science). Many of the rules and regulations laid down by religion tend to be arbitrary or irrational, and those that are not do not appear to be Divinely Revealed anyway. People lose their faith when their religion has nothing substantial to offer, and better answers, philosophies and ways of life can be found elsewhere.

It should be remembered that everyone, you included, gentle reader, is born an atheist - babies do not believe in God. Your religion often depends on your upbringing - if your parents are Southern Baptists, you will probably also be a Southern Baptist. If your parents are Muslims, then you will probably be one also. Which God do you believe in? I'm betting it's entirely dependent on geography. It's a bit of a lottery, isn't it?

Sorry I wrote to much.